It establish an SSL connection to the Gmail Web servers, authenticates as a given user, and retrieves XML Atom feeds with lists of messages stored in the specified mailbox.

It can retrieve new mail messages on a single or multiple Gmail mailboxes. It can check all messages in inbox folder or just those flagged with a given label.

The retrieved message details are returned as arrays and may be sorted by any supported message property value.

Innovation Award

November 2006
Number 6

Gmail has became one of the most popular Web mail applications.

It provides POP3 access, so any user can retrieve messages from their Gmail mailbox into another computer. However, POP3 access is not always possible, and some cases it may be inconvenient.

This package provides an alternative solution to retrieve messages from a Gmail mailbox for read only purposes. It accesses most of the details of the messages in a mailbox using XML Atom feed that Gmail provides via HTTP.